THE TARGET... A MONROE POLICE OFFICER. GOOD EVENING I'M MIKE DARDIS. I'M SHEREE PAOLELLO. THE OFFICER... ENDED UP ON THE HOOD .... FIRING SHOTS AT THE SUSPECT... NOW... JAMARCUS BROWN IS ON TRIAL... FACING 3 FELONIES. WLWT'S KARIN JOHNSON... IS LEADING THE WAY... WITH TONIGHT'S BIG STORY. KARIN. . FOR THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT.... WE ARE HEARING FROM THE OFFICER... HE EXPLAINED IN COURT TODAY HOW HE ENDED UP ON THE HOOD AND WHY HE STARTED SHOOTING AT JAMARCUS BROWN. THE DEFENSE SAYS ... BROWN NEVER INTENDED TO HARM ANYONE AND WAS JUST TRYING TO GET AWAY. ONE OF THE LAST TIMES THESE 2 MEN---MONROE POLICE OFFICER CHAD CAUDILL AND DEFENDANT JAMARCUS BROWN---WERE IN SAME ROOM TOGETHER WAS BACK IN AUGUST... AT THE SUNGLASS HUT IN THE CINCINNATI PREMIUM OUTLET MALL. (no super: will you tell us what we're seeing there. Myself and mr. Brown entering the store) BROWN... WEARING THE WHITE HAT. AT THIS POINT HE WAS BEING QUESTIONED FOR THEFT... AFTER GIVING CAUDILL A WRONG NAME. BUT AS SEEN IN THE VIDEO, BROWN DOESN'T HANG AROUND. (COVER: kinda starts to do a classic spiral, it's very classic) AND OUT THE DOOR HE GOES... BROWNS ATTORNEY ADMITS, HE IS GUILTY OF COUNT ONE... FAILING TO COMPLY WITH A POLICE OFFICER. (JENNIFER GETTY/DEFENSE ATTORNEY:"at the time, he was scared and he ran and we're not denying that") JENNIFER GETTY ARGUES, BROWN IS NOT GUILTY OF WHAT HE'S ACCUSED OF DOING NEXT---ASSAULT AND FELONIOUS ASSAULT ON A POLICE OFFICER. THE TWO END UP IN THE PARKING LOT... BROWN JUMPS IN A CAR. CAUDILL DRAWS HIS GUN... (OFFICER CHAD CAUDILL/MONROE POLICE: My left shin was basically touching the front of the bumper when I was looking down to the get plate) CAUDILL SAYS HE ORDERS BROWN OUT OF THE CAR, BUT INSTEAD .... (CAUDILL: he continued to accelerate forward. JOHN ARNOLD/ASST. PROSECUTOR: Why did you feel in that split second that you couldn't jump left or right? CAUDILL: I just wasn't in a positioning for, my body physically could not move that way enough to get out of the way of the vehicle) ("I went up and the car, it almost compelled you forward onto the hood.") ONLY AFTER FIRING TWO SHOTS... ONE WHICH HIT BROWN IN THE LEG ... DID THIS ALL COME TO AN END. THE DEFENSE SAYS THE SHOOTING.. WAS UNNECESSARY. (GETTY: "The only substantial risk of serious harm was created by actions of officer caudill") THE DEFENSE ALSO TOLD JURORS... THIS ALL STARTED BECAUSE BROWN WAS BEING ACCUSED OF THEFT---A CRIME HE DID NOT COMMIT. BUT ADMITS HE WAS RUNNING FROM POLICE BECAUSE HE HAD A WARRANT OUT FOR HIM. LIVE IN LEBANON, KARIN JOHNSON, WLWT NEWS 5. THE TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO WRAP UP TOMORROW.